xp thanks for that link seandalai, also fascinating
― sleeve, Monday, 15 June 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
just gifted a bottle of 18 yr old glendronach. excellent.
― irl lol (darraghmac), Friday, 10 July 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
attn chicagoans
https://twitter.com/KimbarkBev/status/667028638676574212
― pratt truss it (dan m), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
Ha, that's one way to do it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
I made it down there in time last year, not lookin' likely this year
― pratt truss it (dan m), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
I could do it, in theory, but that tweet is already 2 hours old, isn't it?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
yeah, but they don't start until 6 and there's only one favorite so far
― pratt truss it (dan m), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
iirc last year I saw the tweet while I was in class, ended up making it down there about an hour later and they still had a couple bottles
they jack the prices up though
― pratt truss it (dan m), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
love this stuff
― starkiller based god (Treeship), Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:02 (eight years ago) link
its good
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
my favorite kind is bourbon but rn i am drinking scotch
― starkiller based god (Treeship), Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:39 (eight years ago) link
i'm trying to turn myself into a scotch person, there's so much more scotch to try and the bourbon scene is full of basic bottles and ripoffs these days
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
imo the problem with scotch in north america (or bourbon abroad) is the import/scarcity price difference
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link
i don't think i'll ever prefer scotch tbh, but it's good to mix it up.
this shit is my jam always and forever. i like how it is in a genie bottle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willett_Pot_Still_Reserve
― starkiller based god (Treeship), Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:55 (eight years ago) link
the bourbon scene is full of basic bottles and ripoffs these days
otm it is a huge problem
I do love good bourbon though
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:56 (eight years ago) link
My wife bought a pint of OGD BIB 100 with the intent of making hot toddies and the didn't drink it... It's been a while but it's still really good.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Thursday, 4 February 2016 02:48 (eight years ago) link
that's a great mixing bourbon, i don't use anything else for juleps
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 February 2016 03:04 (eight years ago) link
a lot of people i knowfor mixing use old crow
― starkiller based god (Treeship), Thursday, 4 February 2016 03:17 (eight years ago) link
Have you tried the Willett 2-years coming out of their new distillery? Shockingly good for a whiskey that young.
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Thursday, 4 February 2016 05:18 (eight years ago) link
Said it before on the bourbon thread, but Evan Williams Black is a good cheaper substitute for Jack Daniels if you are going to mix it with coke. I always got a couple bottles of Evan Williams bourbon around either the black, white (which is Bottled in Bond) or the 1783 which is my current favorite.
I know Churchill Downs switched to using Old Forester from Early Times for the Juleps at the track.
Drank a bit of Very Old Barton for the first time last weekend at band practice. It's pretty mellow tasting stuff. Not bad.
I'll need to look up that Willett. It's mind boggling how many different labels are out there.
― earlnash, Thursday, 4 February 2016 05:32 (eight years ago) link
Old Crow?!? Blecch
― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 4 February 2016 06:39 (eight years ago) link
Old Crow is, probably literally, Jim Beam they wasn't aging right so they pulled the barrels early
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
I have the good fortune of having several good to great liquor stores in my immediate area. But yeah, the generally available stuff is pretty consistently average.
That being said, I have a lot of love for the Beam high proof bottles - Bookers and Bakers. I can always find them, even if I don't want to spend the $55 - $65 to buy them. I have also really come to appreciate Bulleit 10 yr. It really opens up, and has some really great spice. They have it at Trader Joe's all the time.
― Hydroelectric New Deal Demiurge (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 4 February 2016 14:30 (eight years ago) link
Really? I've had Bulleit 10 year and kind of found it overpriced and not really remarkable. I bought it at Target when it went on clearance for some reason for $28. It was a good deal at that price.
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
I got a bottle of Belle Meade Sherry Cask finished bourbon over the weekend and it is absolutely delicious. I really like sherry-finished whiskeys! Although I guess I've only tried two of them, this and Glenmorangie Lasanta. Still. Yum.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
In other news, a week or two ago Elijah Craig 12 finally dropped the age statement. RIP, EJ12.
Best cheap whiskey is no-doubt Evan Williams BIB (white label). Bulleit, it's cheap, alright, but part of the sketchy rip-off problem, often courtesy Diageo, which has been pushing fake fancy juice on unsuspecting consumers for years now.
Still say Four Roses almost across the board produces the best, most consistent everyday product.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link
xpost Angel's Envy is port finished, isn't it? Same sort of idea.
fwiw Bulleit Rye, Dickel Rye, Templeton Rye, and possibly a few others are pretty much the same whiskey processed differently. there's a difference in taste profile but you can swap them for each other pretty easily.
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:40 (eight years ago) link
Yeah the port-finished ones are also good! although I've only had the Glenmorangie one.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
Need a scotch thread
― broderik f (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
whiskey thread! My go-to is Bulleit, formerly Makers Mark. When I'm feeling fancy, I'll splurge for Knob Creek. When regular Bulleit isn't avail, I'll go for Buffalo Trace, which is surprisingly similar. Maybe it's another for the list upright mammal?
― Dominique, Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Bulliet 10 yr is decent but yeah overpriced. It's a lot like the four roses single barrel (which is also easy to find), if you're into that type of bourbon.
― ryan, Thursday, 4 February 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link
Cask strength Maker's Mark is a pretty good bourbon.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 February 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Anyone try the jefferson's "ocean aged" bourbon? I have a bottle that I've been planning to give away but if it's really good maybe I should keep it.
― ryan, Thursday, 4 February 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
Speaking of Jefferson's, if you ever see the "presidential select" you should grab it. Truly outstanding.
― ryan, Thursday, 4 February 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
Jefferson's is another one guilty of some truly inspired levels of bullshit.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 February 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
I bought knob creek smoked maple variation recently.It's kind of gross and I'm not really sure why I did that.
What are people's go-to affordable whiskeys? I usually get Buffalo Trace ($35 here) but feel kind of in a rut.
― chinavision!, Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link
$35 and under is what I think of as affordable.
― chinavision!, Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
imo there are a handful of duds between $20 and $35 but the vast majority is drinkable
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
Jim Beam Black, when on sale, is worth picking up imo
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah that one, the OGD BIB100 as noted, and Four Roses are my go-to bottles
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
good choices
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
Weller also falls in that range and I've enjoyed it
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
I have had both the At Sea and Presidential Select versions of Jefferson's, thankfully they were gifts bc I don't think I could ever muster the will to pay $$$ for something like that. They were good, for sure! I think I posted about each of them way back itt.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, February 4, 2016 1:49 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
definitely, its higher up in the price ranges that you can get burned ime. bourbon obviously an easy target for new wave "artisanal craft" bullshit w/ cool labels and bottles filled with garbage warehouse whiskey
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
good affordable (less than $40) bourbons imo:
woodford reserve, perhaps the best affordable bourbonknobelmer t lee (is this still around? i seem to recall they are not)makersdickel
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
bakers and bookers are also both good over $40 bourbons (both beam brand iirc)
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
this is useful to me. in the past I've done knob creek, dickel (#8 and #12... which are good but can be a bit much eventually?), evan williams single barrel, and some others. I usually have a bottle or two of old granddad or heaven hill or some other mixing bourbon.
maybe I haven't hit many of the unrecognizable duds because I tend to cap spending at $40
― chinavision!, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
I've also enjoyed eagle rare but can't remember how much it costs.
― chinavision!, Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah I like that as well
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Thursday, 4 February 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link